New CT gig!

I have been a fan of Michelle Underwood's designs since I first discovered the digi-scrap world a year and a half ago. Imagine my excitement when she had a CT call. :) I applied and was lucky enough to get accepted!!!

Michelle's new kit Vintage Holiday Memories came out yesterday and it is quite honestly one of my favorites. That is saying a lot considering I own over 30 of her other kits! Take a look and see for yourself:

The beauty of the kit is that it is incredibly versatile. It's not just a Christmas kit. It have colors that can be used for fall/Thanksgiving/Halloween layouts too. And I used it to scrap my boys!

Vintage Christmas Memories kit, Solids, and Alpha by Michelle Underwood Font: Eccentric Std

I also used this kit on a special project that I did this week. The layout below was created both as a thank you and also to introduce our family to a man that we recently met who was a paramedic that saved my husband's life over 30 years ago. To see the amazing story, visit my family's blog at http://solanolife.blogspot.com/

Credits: "Vintage Holiday Memories" by Michelle Underwood, White paper, flower, staple and word art from "Life is Good" kit by Gina Huff. Font: Bulky Refuse

Oct/Nov/Dec papers

You've been waiting patiently, and here they are. The last papers in the series. I decided to give 'em all to you at once! Grab 'em while you can. I will be taking down links in a week. Thank you!

Click here to download the October, November, and December papers.

Sorry, the link has expired. You can still purchase them from my store!

Scrapping with Templates

Templates! How I love them...

I found an excellent one a few days ago, on Lauren Grier's blog made by one of her CT members. It's nice and simple and very versatile!!!

I decided that I would give this one a try using Amy Sumrall's "Rawr." I'm really happy with how it turned out! I did it so fast too. I think I was done in about a half hour.

Credits: Rawr by Amy Sumrall, Template 1 by Tali

Fonts: Myriad Pro, You All Everybody

I was so pumped that I was able to scrap so quickly that I decided to keep going and completed two more layouts in one night!

Credits: No Girls Allowed by Creations by Rachael B, Template 1 by Tali
Fonts: Moksha, You are Loved

Credits: Doodle flowers, A Better Me by Gina Marie Huff, word art from Revive by Taylor Made, Template 1 by Tali
Fonts: You are Loved

If you have never used a template, you can find a good tutorial here on Misty Cato's blog.

I apologize for getting October's paper out late. My laptop bit the dust last month and I switched to a Mac. I'm in the process of figuring out how to install my styles and actions in PSE on a Mac. If anybody has a tutorial, hook me up! :)

More from Amy Sumrall!

I guess Amy must not have minded my stalking too much. She let me guest CT for her this month! Yippee!

So here's the first kit I've gotten to work with, "Boys R Cool".

There's also a partner girl kit "Girls Rule", but since I have 3 boys, this was the one I jumped on! If you scrap for boys and girls, you can get the two together for a reduced price. PLUS ,did I mention that right now, the kits are on sale???

Here's my layout:

Credits: "Boys R Cool" by Amy Sumrall

Fonts: Submerged and Prissy Frat Boy

September freebie!

Today I have two things on the agenda:

1) to show off some layouts created from kits by Amy Sumrall, who I have recently begun stalking... at least on her blog and new store at the-LilyPad!

2) to present my September paper freebie!

So first off, Amy Sumrall! I love her designs!!! Her work screams of doodley fun-ness! I hadn't heard of CU free designers before Amy. CU free means that she does all her own work. You are not getting another designer's work recycled and revamped. It's awesome and a challenge for me as a designer to do the same! I've done several different layouts with various kits this week, and have another still in progress...

Credits: Nutty by Amy Sumrall

Credits: Wubulous by Amy Sumrall

Credits: Everyday by Amy Sumrall

In other news, my computer, my good ol' CPU, decided to crash. Like it made sounds like it was going to start up, but it just wouldn't run. No picture on the screen, nothing. Good thing I save everything on my EHD! :) So I got adventuresome and bought an iMac. I'm still learning all the quirks, but so far, it's not too shabby!!! I am working with PSE4 for Mac, which is not the best, but it works... I really want to drastically upgrade to CS4. Sigh... I can dream!

Click here for your freebie! Sorry, the link has expired. You can still purchase them from my store! And please note that after next month (October), I will begin to remove links to freebies, since I will be selling these papers! Have a great day!

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August Paper Freebie

Wow, the summer has been flying by! I've been so busy that I nearly forgot to post the August Paper freebie! Thanks for the reminder, Jody! :)

Click the photo for your download! Sorry, the link has expired. You can still purchase them from my store!